LIVE: Israel's blockade starved 57 Palestinians to death in Gaza

Al Jazeera

03-05-2025

A baby girl identified as Janan Saleh al-Sakafi has died of malnutrition and dehydration in the Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City, more than two months after the start of Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera's team on the ground.Gaza's Government Media Office says at least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in the enclave due to the blockade, urging the international community to take action to secure the reopening of the borders.Israel's army has confirmed carrying out a wave of air attacks in Syria on Friday evening that killed at least two civilians, claiming the targets were 'a military site, anti-aircraft artillery, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria'.Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 52,495 Palestinians and wounded 118,366, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. The Gaza Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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Date: 13m ago (15:40 GMT)
Title: Israeli air raid hits car in Lebanon
Content: The National News Agency reports an Israeli air raid hit a vehicle in the Lebanese town of Khartoum, Sidon.
Israel has cited security concerns for its continued deadly raids on Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreed to in November 2024.
The Lebanese government said earlier this month at least 190 people have been killed and 485 injured in Lebanon by Israeli attacks since the truce took effect.
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Date: 43m ago (15:10 GMT)
Title: Two killed in Israeli drone attack on al-Mawasi
Content: At least two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone attack in southern Gaza's al-Mawasi area.
Several people were also wounded in the attack on the coastal enclave, once an Israeli-designated 'safe zone'.
The camp at al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, is one of the most overcrowded areas in a landscape devastated by 18 months of relentless Israeli bombardment.
Update:
Date: 58m ago (14:55 GMT)
Title: 'Real disaster': Gaza patients face death as fuel runs dry
Content: The director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, Dr Marwan Sultan, says hospital wards have become overcrowded with wounded patients and intensive care beds are full.
'Generators must be operated 24 hours a day to ensure the continued operation of ventilators connected to the wounded,' Sultan said, according to the Palestinian Information Center.
'We call on all international and humanitarian organisations to work seriously and quickly to provide the hospital with the fuel needed to operate it, otherwise we are facing a real disaster that threatens the death of a large number of wounded and sick people in intensive care units.'
Update:
Date: 1h ago (14:40 GMT)
Title: Israeli army says it used 12 fighter jets in Syria attacks
Content: According to a military statement, jets struck dozens of military sites and weaponry including anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile launchers.
The army also released footage it says shows last night's attacks.
Tensions between Israel and Syria have soared this week after the Israeli government accused Syrian authorities of failing to protect the country's Druze minority.
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Date: 1h ago (14:25 GMT)
Title: 'Finding a single meal has become an impossible quest'
Content: Amid Israel's total blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which has lasted for 62 days, Palestinians have become reliant on community kitchens where supplies are running out.
'Finding a single meal has become an impossible quest,' Ahmad al-Najjar, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza City, told Al Jazeera. 'People here have witnessed one charity after another declaring they're out of supplies, that they're shutting down their operations because they're in no position to … offer the population the needed relief.'
Diminishing stocks have caused prices of basic foodstuffs to skyrocket at market stalls. 'If you have money, you can find something proper,' al-Najjar said, adding that across the cash-strapped Strip, most could not afford to buy.
'It's frustrating and infuriating to have trucks piling up on the other side of the fence be denied entrance while the people, even children, are in dire conditions.'
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Date: 1h ago (14:10 GMT)
Title: Settlers harass journalists in occupied West Bank village
Content: Israeli settlers are harassing Palestinian journalists near the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
مستوطنون يعترضون مركبة صحفيين ويطلبون منهم مغادرة المكان ويهددونهم بإطلاق النار عليهم على أطراف قرية المغير، شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/gB7iHLCzZL
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) May 3, 2025
Translation: Settlers intercepted a journalist's vehicle, demanded they leave the area, and threatened to shoot them on the outskirts of the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
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Date: 1h ago (13:55 GMT)
Title: If you're just joining us
Content: Here are the latest developments:
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Date: 2h ago (13:40 GMT)
Title: WATCH: 'Gaza has been under food restriction since 2006'
Content: Dr Mads Gilbert, an emergency medicine doctor with more than 30 years of experience in Gaza, has talked to Al Jazeera on the continuing humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli blockade.
He explains how starvation and malnutrition are being used as weapons of war, leading to severe health issues, especially in children.
Gilbert highlights the lack of international intervention and the devastating effects on Gaza's population.
Watch the interview below:
Update:
Date: 2h ago (13:25 GMT)
Title: Hamas calls on Arab, Muslim countries to work to stop massacre in Gaza
Content: The Palestinian group has said in a statement that the governments of Arab and Muslim countries 'have not fulfilled their expected duty to stop the open massacre and famine' ongoing in the enclave.
Hamas urged the governments in question to use their influence 'to pressure the US administration and the countries supporting the Zionist aggression'.